Lot 52
52
A LARGE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL VASE
A LARGE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL VASE

TAISHO PERIOD (EARLY 20TH CENTURY), INLAID WIRE MARK OF ANDO WORKSHOP

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A LARGE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL VASE
TAISHO PERIOD (EARLY 20TH CENTURY), INLAID WIRE MARK OF ANDO WORKSHOP
The oviform body with flared neck, decorated in polychrome enamels and gold and silver wires and partly wireless (musen) enamels with two gagaku dancers and crests on a pale gray ground, mark on base
22 3/8 in. (56.8 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

For a preparatory drawing of Bugaku dancers by Nakahara Tessen (1864-1942) for Namikawa Yasuyuki (1845-1927), see Robert T. Shinger, ed., Polished to Perfection / Japanese Cloisonné from the collection of Donald K. Gerber and Sueann E. Sherry (Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2017), p. 24.

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